Abstract: A controller for an electric motor includes a protective circuit for limiting current or for polarity reversal protection, the protective circuit including a field effect transistor having a gate. The protective circuit further includes a control unit for providing a control voltage for the gate, a smoothing capacitor for charge storage being provided at the gate.

Abstract: A controller for an electric motor includes a protective circuit for limiting current or for polarity reversal protection, the protective circuit including a field effect transistor having a gate. The protective circuit further includes a control unit for providing a control voltage for the gate, a smoothing capacitor for charge storage being provided at the gate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a windshield wiper drive unit having a drive motor (1) and a gear (2, 3) for transmitting a rotary motion of the motor (1) to the shaft of a windshield wiper, having at least one sensor (6) for detecting a position of the shaft, and having a control circuit (4), which receives a detection signal of the sensor (6) and has one or more inputs (7) for receiving operating signals that define a desired operating state of the windshield wiper and is arranged to control a sequence of motions of the shaft as a function of the operating signal received, in which the control circuit (4) is combined with the drive motor (1) and the at least one sensor to make an integral component unit.

Abstract: A windshield wiper drive device for driving a windshield wiper (11) in an alternating motion in a range of motion (17) between two turning point positions (A, C) includes a motor (1) for moving the windshield wiper (11), a detector (6) for detecting a time at which the windshield wiper (11) moves past a given position (A, C) in the range of motion (17), a control circuit (8) for reversing the direction of motion of the motor (1) at each turning point position (B, D), and an incremental transducer for detecting the distance traveled by the windshield wiper (11) from the given position (A, C). The control circuit (8) reverses the direction of motion of the motor (1) as soon as it is detected that the windshield wiper (11) has traveled a defined distance.

Abstract: A windshield wiper drive device for driving a windshield wiper (11) in an alternating motion in a range of motion (17) between two turning point positions (A, C) includes a motor (1) for moving the windshield wiper (11), a detector (6) for detecting a time at which the windshield wiper (11) moves past a given position (A, C) in the range of motion (17), a control circuit (8) for reversing the direction of motion of the motor (1) at each turning point position (B, D), and an incremental transducer for detecting the distance traveled by the windshield wiper (11) from the given position (A, C). The control circuit (8) reverses the direction of motion of the motor (1) as soon as it is detected that the windshield wiper (11) has traveled a defined distance.